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shè Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shè | she4
English translation
old variant of shè [shè]
to shoot, to eject, to emit

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About shè

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

shè

Contains the radical

cùn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A bow  shēn being drawn by a hand  cùn

Etymology of shè

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

身寸

Explanation

Depicts a hand pulling back a bowstring with an arrow to shoot.

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Example sentences using shè

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接著我们 wǒmen 致力 zhìlì zhǎo chū 能够 néng gòu 减弱 jiǎn ruò 辐射 fúshè de 聚合物 jù hé wù .

Then we got involved with trying to find polymers that attenuate radiation.

yún 主要 zhǔyào 通过 tōngguò 气窗 Ōu Xiàng 地表 dì biǎo 辐射 fúshè 能量 néngliàng .

Clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.

阳光 yángguāng zhào dào 窗玻璃 chuāng bō lí shǎng , yòu 反射 fǎnshè dào 身上 shēn shang .

The sun caught the panes and flashed back at him.

平壤 Píng rǎng 周五 Zhōu wǔ zài Dōng 海岸 hǎi àn Zēng 发射 fāshè le Méi 短程 duǎn chéng 导弹 dǎodàn .

On Friday, Pyongyang also fired a short - range missile off its east coast.

这些 zhè xiē yún de 光谱 guāng pǔ 照射 zhào shè de liàng xīng 的光谱极其 jíqí 相似 xiāngsì .

These clouds show spectra remarkably similar to those of the illuminating star.

Words with shè

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shè to shoot shè
发射 fāshè to launch發射
注射 zhùshè injection注射 zhùshè
射手 shè shǒu archer射手 shè shǒu
射击 shèjī to shoot射擊
辐射 fúshè radiation輻射
射门 shè mén (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal射門
放射 fàngshè to radiate放射 fàngshè
反射 fǎnshè to reflect反射 fǎnshè
照射 zhào shè to shine on照射 zhào shè
放射性 fàng shè xìng radioactive放射性 fàng shè xìng
射线 shè xiàn ray射線
射程 shè chéng range射程 shè chéng
喷射 pēn shè to spurt噴射
发射器 fā shè qì radio transmitter發射器
折射 zhé shè to refract折射 zhé shè
射出 shè chū emission射出 shè chū
注射器 zhù shè qì syringe注射器 zhù shè qì
扫射 sǎo shè to strafe掃射
投射 tóu shè to cast (light)投射 tóu shè
射箭 shè jiàn archery射箭 shè jiàn
弹射 tán shè to catapult彈射
映射 yìng shè to shine on映射 yìng shè
影射 yǐng shè to insinuate影射 yǐng shè
条件反射 tiáo jiàn fǎn shè conditioned reflex條件反射

shè Decomposition & Compounds

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shè Decomposition

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shè Compounds

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